So... how much has your rail fare/season ticket gone up by?

[GrumpyGregry]

My monthly has gone up from £142 to £153....

 

[mcshroom]

Only a leisure traveller normally. Just noticed that a single from Carlisle home has just gone from £9 to £9.50 though

 

[Arch]

My regular £24 fare will now be £25.40, apparently....

 

[upsidedown]

£20.80 a week to £22.20, but London Midland have just spent 10s of millions on nice new trains so i'm not complaining.

 

[martint235]

Thankfully commute by bike so doesn't bother me. However the stated reason for the increase of shifting the burden is rubbish. I'm not going to get a tax cut because I'm paying less to the railways. I'd rather have a decent rail system for when I need it rather than line the pockets of DC's mates

 

[Bigsharn]

York-Leeds return and York-Manchester single fares have decreased by £1-2.

It's about time to be honest, the line/rolling stock (barring FirstTPE) hasn't been updated in years.

 

[Arch]

York-Leeds return and York-Manchester single fares have decreased by £1-2.

It's about time to be honest, the line/rolling stock (barring FirstTPE) hasn't been updated in years.

But York-Manchester return (TPE)* has gone up - see my post above!

I wouldn't care how old the rolling stock was, if I got a seat more than 50% of the time. They don't need newer trains, they just longer ones!

In fact I recently travelled by Grand Central on an elderly HST (1980's?) and it was glorious. More legroom than I could fill, and those door you have open by sticking your head out of the window.

Is there a York-Manc service that isn't TPE? I haven't found one around the time I need to travel.

 

[Noodley]

No trains here.

 

[Beebo]

it has gone up from £8.40 to £9.00.

so cycle commuting is now saving me an extra 60p per day!!!

 

[brokenflipflop]

I commute in my Audi Q7 4.2 DTI Quattro S Line

 

[Noodley]

 

[Aperitif]

You mistake your vehicle for a train? What a surprise.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

You are right, it is outrageous that airfare is way too cheap.

Yep, those planes are just road tax dodgers.

I don't have a job so I don't have a commute so I can't remember what the fare was when I last got on a bus (2009, I think) or on a train (2010, with the bike, off out for a ride). But it was already overpriced (in terms of my income) back then.

 

[brokenflipflop]

You mistake your vehicle for a train? What a surprise.

No, Never - it's always on time, it's never overcrowded, It gets me door to door, I always get a seat and it naff's eco warrior's off. . No, seriously though, it is a good vehicle.

Although I never use a train I am genuinely annoyed about the increase in train fares and I do feel sorry for the people who have to use them and my heart goes out to them. If any of you guys need a lift and you're going my way then you're welcome to a lift (heated seats with climate control and curtain airbags for your comfort and safety). Love BFF.

 

[mcshroom]

and they should remove the subsidy to the road system and put petrol up to about £2.75/litre as well

Road Costs Fuel Tax
£ bn £/litre
Government expenditure on roads 5.020 0.14
Annual return of the Asset Value of Roads @ 8% 32.426 0.93
True Cost of Car Parking 6.700 0.19
Company car tax & NI shortfall 4.000 0.11
Total business mileage subsidy 0.300 0.01
External Road Congestion costs 2.625 0.07
Total costs of road accidents and breakdowns 17.424 0.50
Total Police and Court costs 3.000 0.09
Environmental Costs of Road Transport 24.527 0.70
Health costs not included in Environmental costs
Other costs requiring further research
Total Cost of Road Transport 96,018 2.74